Linnaeusís letter has rejoyced Johann Ernst Hebenstreit very much. He praises Linnaeusís fame which has got all over Europe. He praises the work Linnaeus has published again but it actually recommends itself. He congratulates Linnaeus on the perspicacity of his method, the very best of all methods. The vegetable kingdom owes much to it, the mineral more, the Ordines of which Linnaeus has presented very appropriately. Hebenstreit will make use of it soon as he is preparing a work on the classes of Saxonyís fossils. This is for the moment his great passion but he has not completely abandoned his Flora. He had been encouraged by Linnaeusís exhortations and the honour given to him by naming a plant from a fertile family after him, he who is worthy of a powerless and sterile plant.

Hebenstreit asks Linnaeus to pass on something from his abundance to Hebenstreitís garden, which could stimulate him to further discussions.

Hebenstreit considers that he partly owes his fame to Linnaeus and he will do something about it so that he will not die ungrateful.